Try You tube for more information and see what you find. Very useful site.

well 5000k is going to be bright as all get out, and no now a days in the LED world you do not need more because they are smaller. if all those dots are cans.......wow, thats a lot. I am thinking you plan to keep the center fixture, but really you should replot the cans and put some in the center of the room.

take the glass off the fixure you have now, looks like it has 2 or three bulbs in it. you will see how bright that is without the glass to defuse it.

thank you foe the input...yes thw dota are potential cana spots...i have not decided whether to keep the center light or not..my electrician thinks to close it...i originally was going to to put open chandelier down lights in the center...i also read that they should be 4 ft apart i thought that was too far

You need under cabinet lighting FIRST. Then you can downgrade the recessed to 4" cans, spaced around 8" from the wall cabinets. The goal is to get the work surface lit, NOT to put the light behind your head to create shadows. That problem, you already have, with the central fixture making shadows everywhere. A well lit kitchen doesn't have shadows on your counters.

I concur with the above—undercabinet lighting and please do not use 5000K lights, 2700-3500K will be much nicer. A rule of thumb is to aim for about 35 Lumens per square foot for a kitchen. This calculation should include all sources of light.

if you want down lights put 2 over the penisula.

Agree, lights closer to cabinets, so they don't create shadows. Also, probably fewer -- if you do one over each major chunk of working surface, you'll be ok -- that's about half the number you have currently, I think, although you're not showing us all of the kitchen. I'd do a pendant or two over the peninsula, or be sure to put at least one can over that too. I usually skip the stove since it has its own lighting, and you only need one in a doorway... (If you post a floorplan, probably a couple of people will give you suggested lighting plans.)

All of the above regarding color temperature and layering lighting. My kitchen has eight foot ceilings, 4" cans 12" from face of cabinets, roughly 30" on center. Perfect even lighting. With dimmers of course.

Two pendants over the peninsula could work. Make sure you can open cabinet doors without hitting them.

i love all the tips and comments..
thank you all...i should have come here first for advice lol but as a first time homeowner ive been googling and learning ALOTTT..
so ill give you more info on my project
.i already bought the cans..
they are 3 1/2 inch can..yes small..i jabe to be honest i dont like the big ones..i put this size in a bedroom with softer lighting and i.love them..
these ones are a lil different...they are satin nickel swivel gimbal...360 horizontal..60 deg vertical rotation..the bulb is a 7.5 w COB LED

and yes i do plan on using a dimmer...and 2 pendant lights..
i do cook alot and like a kitchen that is bright thats why i bought 12 lol...i also have a nook on the other side of the penisula that i was going to put with another switch

your electrician should have some valid imput, have you asked him?